Travelling Man

Sitting at the airport gate in Raleigh, NC, waiting on the plane. The lady in front of me was busted by the TSA cops for being an embroiderer (is that how you spell that?). This form of criminal is loosely connected to the dreaded quilt cult. I saw some evidence of the quilt cult, but the TSA did not pick up on that. Evidence of the quilt cult: Quilted purse and a quilted jacket on the shuttle bus, I didn’t sit too close. Hmmmmmmm. I felt much safer when I got off the shuttle, I didn’t want to be handed clothe swatches and asked if I had an interest in making warm, decorative blankets. My mom and several of her friends have been inducted into this cult, not sure if we want to break her out of it, it does keep her off the streets.

I don’t see anyone that looks like a Boston Marathon person yet; I suspect that when I get to my connection in NY there will be more. Normally, marathon people look skinny (except for me) abnormally tanned, wearing cool shoes, one of those goofy running hats and past race paraphernalia. I refuse to wear goofy running hats (any hat is hard for me to wear, except for my Green Beret, of course) and past race paraphernalia to current races. I think that is a bit over the top, no need to demonstrate my past performance, I will leave that for race day. Besides, someone might read my shirt then want to talk to me about that race and I would have to be social with a complete stranger.

Momentary bit of pre-race panic last night: I was talking to mom on the phone, going over her cult related activities, packing up at the same time. I realized I did not have a clean pair of blue shorts (the ones with the pockets). I had to run an emergency load of laundry last night. Good thing I checked, I would hate to have waited til this morning and then found out. No telling how wearing an unplanned pair of shorts would have effected my race.

In NY now, yup, more marathon people, a few hats, mostly you can tell because they are wearing their running shoes, some folks have their warmup jacket from last year. If they ran it last year, I salute em, the weather was terrible. Rainy and cold, I would have struggled with that.

In Boston, at the hotel, nice digs, Mom.

I will head to the expo tomorrow morning to get my number and stuff.

Donation update: Tony M made a huge donation, sending my total to over 1700 bucks. Thanks a ton, I will continue to collect until after the race.